Background: Lymphedema is a chronic, progressive pathologic condition of the lymphatic system with interstitial accumulation of protein-rich fluid and inflammation, adipose tissue hypertrophy and fibrosis. Protein-rich lymph initiates inflammatory response and increase susceptibility to infections, which can lead to disfigurement or dermal changes. Case Report : A 42-year-old lady was referred to a tertiary care hospital for chronic lymphedema of the left lower limb. She has been having this...
Topic: Lymphedema, flap care, vacuum assisted closure
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Swathi Shenoy, Karpaga Priya Prabakaran, Gouri Kumari Padhy
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Background: In working towards the goal of Universal Health Coverage, mental health is often neglected in terms of awareness, human resources, and health care facilities. This pandemic has increased the awareness regarding the importance of mental health. Methods: Every occupation is subjected to mental stress, but a field of particular importance is a teacher. During the ages 5-15, the teacher’s effect on the growing child is unique as they take part in building the academics and the...
Topics: teachers mental health, teachers-student dyad, training of teachers, mental disorders
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Bayan Omar Sharif, Zhino Raouf Ali, Hawar Mardan Mohammed
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Background: Entamoeba histolytica is a unicellular, protozoon parasite of humans. It moves by a jelly-like tongue-like protrusion of the cytoplasm “pseudopodium”. Infections by this parasite lead to distinct clinical manifestations, including diarrhea, mild abdominal pain, loss of appetite, fatigue, dysentery, and hepatic liver abscess. Methods: In this paper, we discussed about Entamoeba histolytica disease, its epidemiology, pathophysiology, hygiene, causes, risk factors,...
Topics: Entamoeba histolytica, epidemiology, pathophysiology, hygiene, incubation period, human body
Article Type: Editorial Title: Statistical Significance, Effect Size and Confidence Intervals Year: 2022; Volume: 2; Issue: 4; Page No: 3–4 Author: Karuthan Chinna https://doi.org/10.55349/ijmsnr.20222434 Affiliation: Professor, Faculty of Business and Management, UCSI University, Malaysia. Email ID: karuthan@ucsiuniversity.edu.my Phone No: +60 12 3758255 Article Summary: Submitted: 26-October-2022; Revised: 14-November-2022; ...
Topics: Statistical Significance, Effect Size, Confidence Intervals, Effect Size, Confidence Intervals
Article Type: Editorial Title: Social accountability in medical schools Year: 2022; Volume: 2; Issue: 4; Page No: 1 – 2 Author: Priyanka Raj CK https://doi.org/10.55349/ijmsnr.20222412 Affiliation: Deputy Editor-In-Chief, International Journal of Medical Sciences and Nursing Research, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India and Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Sohar, National University of Science...
Topics: Social Accountability, Medical Schools, Medical Schools
Article Type: Short Communication Title: Formation, Testing of Hypothesis and Confidence Interval in Medical Research Year: 2022; Volume: 2; Issue: 3; Page No: 22 – 27 Author: Senthilvel Vasudevan * https://doi.org/10.55349/ijmsnr.2022232227 Affiliation: Assistant Professor of Statistics (Biostatistics), Department of Pharmacy Practice, College of Pharmacy, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Article...
Topics: hypothesis testing, type I error, type II error, confidence interval, medical research, type I...
Article Type: Original Article Title: A Prospective and Cross-Sectional Study on Quality of Life among Postmenopausal Women in a Coastal Semi Urban area of India Year: 2022; Volume: 2; Issue: 3; Page No: 14 – 21 Authors: Senthilvel Vasudevan 1* , Sumathi Senthilvel 2 https://doi.org/10.55349/ijmsnr.2022231421 Affiliations: 1 Assistant Professor of Statistics (Biostatistics), Department of Pharmacy Practice, College of Pharmacy, King Saud Bin...
Topics: post-menopausal women, symptoms, quality of life, prospective and cross-sectional study, coastal...
Article Type: Original Article Title: Effects of a Simulation-Based Training Course on Nurses’ Knowledge and Attitude Towards Covid-19 Vaccine in Sulaimani Health Care Centers Year: 2022; Volume: 2; Issue: 3; Page No: 5 – 13 Authors: Bayan Omar Sharif 1* , Kamal Jalal Rashid 2 , Sara Noori Mohammad 3 , Zhino Raouf Ali 4 https://doi.org/10.55349/ijmsnr.202223513 Affiliations: 1, 4 Nursing Department, Ministry of Health, Directorate of Health, Health...
Topics: effect, simulation-based training course, covid-19 vaccine, nurse’s staff, knowledge, attitude
Article Type: Editorial Title: Extend and expanded role of Nurses Year: 2022; Volume: 2; Issue: 3; Page No: 3 – 4 Author: Sumathi Senthilvel * https://doi.org/10.55349/ijmsnr.20222334 Affiliation: Associate Editor, International Journal of Medical Sciences and Nursing Research, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India. Email ID: AssociateEditor@ijmsnr.com Article Summary: Submitted : 07-July-2022; Revised: 17-August-2022; Accepted: 06-September-2022; ...
Topics: Extend, Expanded, Nurses, Expanded, Nurses
Article Type: Editorial Title: A View on Medical Entomology and its importance in the medical fields Year: 2022; Volume: 2; Issue: 3; Page No: 1 – 2 Author: Jayanthi Sureshbabu https://doi.org/10.55349/ijmsnr.20222312 Affiliation: Editor-In-Chief, International Journal of Medical Sciences and Nursing Research, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India. Email ID: Editor-in-chief@ijmsnr.com Article Summary: Submitted : 19-July-2022; Revised: 22-August-2022; ...
Topics: Medical Entomology, Importance, Medical field
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Eugene Alex Joshua, Karthikeyan Sellamuthu, Rajesh Jeyaprakash, Anand Khushvinder Singh, Kanagalakshmi Rameshkumar, Chandrakala sankarapandian
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Background: The COVID 19 pandemic caused by Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Corona Virus – 2 has affected millions around the globe. It presents with a multisystem involvement, predominantly affecting the respiratory system. Spontaneous Air leak syndrome which includes subcutaneous emphysema, pneumomediastinum and pneumothorax has been reported as one of the complications of COVID-19 pneumonia. Method : This is a series of 10 cases, which presented with one or more manifestations of...
Topics: COVID-19 pneumonia, subcutaneous emphysema, pneumomediastinum, pneumothorax
Background : The proper hand scrub is helpful to eliminate contaminations deactivating, and protect patients and health care personnel from transmitted diseases. The goal of this study was conducted to provide demographic data and to evaluate theatre staff performance regarding surgical hand scrub at Rania teaching Hospital in the Kurdistan region of Iraq, during the period of 2018 – 2019. Materials and Methods: A non-probability purposive sample of surgical staff (surgeon and scrub nurse),...
Topics: Theatre staff, evaluation, surgical, hand scrub, Rania teaching hospital
Background: Fine needle aspiration cytology is a diagnostic tool in which cells are extracted from palpable swelling using FNAC gun or syringe and needle. It is a simple, speedy, safe, cost effective and accurate technique being used worldwide. But, pitfalls come along making the correlation with histopathology often necessary. Materials and Methods: This study was a prospective study conducted among 30 patients undergoing thyroidectomy for thyroid swellings in ENT department, Bangalore...
Topics: Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology, Histopathology, Thyroid swellings.
Background: Water is the most important and essential resource on earth. All creatures on earth depend on water. The quality of water is based on its physical, chemical and biological properties. Water quality plays a very important role in our health. Poor water quality can lead to many communicable and non-communicable diseases. In this study, we intend to identify water sources, quality of drinking water, its implications and the prevalence of Gastrointestinal problems and its...
Topics: water quality, prevalence, rural population, water borne diseases, community-based study
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Topics: NCD program, Cancer, Research
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Research is the main key method of the advancement of medical field. It is a continuous process and it gives the new and best method/way of new treatment/way of medication in the medical field. It is an important and essential education method in the medical education curriculum in India. Not only in India, doing research and submission it in a proper way or method is a mandatory procedure in the medical education process in worldwide medical education. Anybody wants to prove their...
Topics: medical education, medical curriculum, under and post graduate students, research, biostatistical...
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Senthilvel Vasudevan, Amitha Prasad
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Background: This study aimed to determine the prevalence of Diabetic Retinopathy and to find the associated risk factors of DR among known Type II DM patients. Materials and Methods: A hospital-based cross-sectional and single center study was conducted among Type II DM patients with and without DR in the department of Endocrinology with a sample size of 150 with DM patients in 2018. Data were expressed as mean, standard deviation, proportions, Chi-Square, t-test test and Binary...
Topics: type II diabetic mellitus, diabetic retinopathy, prevalence, risk factors
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Apr 24, 2022
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Sudharsan Vasudevan*, Samiksha Singh, Nisha Newar, Amaljith AB
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Background: Covid-19 an illness caused by SARS- COV-2 virus, it has killed millions of people all over the world and has wreaked havoc in India too. Even today there is no confirmed drug that can successfully tackle the illness. According to WHO, efficient vaccines and equitable access to them is vital to curbing the Covid-19 pandemic. Materials and Methods: With the help of a semi-structured question guide, six focus group discussions were conducted in several villages in East Khasi...
Topics: covid-19, covid vaccination, tribal health, vaccine hesitancy, Meghalaya
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The burden of diseases five to six decades ago in mankind is mostly due to communicable diseases like Smallpox, Plaque, Cholera, Malaria, Tuberculosis, and certain viral respiratory infections. There were 75 million malaria cases in a population of 330 million were estimated in India. [1] Reported cases of Cholera was 176,307 with 86,997 deaths in 1950. [2] The morbidity and mortality due to communicable diseases were more in number as there was a lack of availability of specific drugs or...
Topic: Burden of Disease
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Mohammed Imran
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Complex, modern, high-tech, multidisciplinary, multi-professional healthcare service delivery system has revolutionized the present healthcare system. It has resulted in increased life expectancy and quality of life. However, reduction of unintentional but serious harm to the patient and delivering ambulatory healthcare at their doorstep is still the challenge in such a complex, fast-moving, and pressurized work environment. [1] Adverse events, adverse drug reactions, and erroneous clinical...
Topics: Patient Safety, Paradigm, modern healthcare delivery, research
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Senthilvel Vasudevan, Murugan Natesan
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Background: Iodine deficiency disorder is common public health problem in developed and developing countries. In Worldwide, nearly 70% of the households only using adequate iodized salt in their regular food. To estimate the household salt utilization, prevalence of goiter, status of iodine deficiency disorder, and to find the iodine level at household level in the study areas. Materials and Methods: We have done a community-based observational study on IDD in the coastal areas of...
Topics: household salt, utilization, iodine, iodine deficiency disorder, coastal areas
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Balasubramaniam Ramakrishnan, Senthamarai Kannan Kaliyaperumal, Mahalakshmi Rajendran
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Background: The developed Semi-Markov model with Kumaraswamy Exponentiated Inverse Rayleigh distribution examined patients with hypertension, heart diseases, smoking habits and Stroke, is measured from one state to another. Materials and Methods: Patients with Non-Communicable disease described through Kumaraswamy Exponentiated Inverse Rayleigh distribution. Results: The estimated parameters of Semi-Markov model with this distribution predicted by the maximum likelihood estimation for...
Topics: heart diseases, hypertension, Semi-Markov processes, smoking, stroke
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Mahalakshmi Rajendran, Senthamarai Kannan Kaliyaperumal, Balasubramaniam Ramakrishnan
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Background: The HIV virus carries projection of significant global population with specific estimations of the mathematical results of evolutionary methods which was presented in Tree Hidden Markov model (HMM). Materials and Methods: Hidden Markov models used to model the progression of the disease among HIV infected people. The author predicts a Baum Welch Algorithm method through HMM that can assess an unknown state of transition. Results: The Tree HMM model predicts the break down...
Topics: expectation, hidden markov model, human immunodeficiency virus, immune system, transition
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Shalini Kaliaperumal1 , Ezhilan Naganathan2, Betty Chacko3
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Background: Incidence of diabetes mellitus continues to rise, common focus areas for diabetes control are blood glucose levels, diet, and exercise. Controlling these factors are essential for a better quality of life in diabetes patients. Patients with diabetes have an increased risk of asymptomatic bacteriuria and pyuria, cystitis, and, more important, serious upper urinary tract infection. Materials and Methods: This was a hospital based descriptive and cross-sectional study which...
Topics: type 2 diabetes mellitus, infections, clinical profile, hba1c, glycemic control
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Amitha Prasad1, Senthilvel Vasudevan2
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Background: Diabetic Retinopathy is a non-communicable disease and metabolic disorder. It is a public health problem in Worldwide. In this paper, finding influencing factors and how much probability to development of DR among known T2DM patients. Materials and Methods: This was a hospital-based cross-sectional and observational study among T2DM patients, with and without DR in the diabetes clinic with sample of 150 patients. Statistical analysis used chi-square and binary logistic...
Topics: diabetes mellitus, diabetic retinopathy, influencing factors, probability, multivariate analysis
Introduction: The fast-growing Covid-19 pandemic has emerged as a major health crisis worldwide and poses more challenges for nurses and other health care professionals as well as nursing students. This paper lists some of the major challenges faced by the health care workers (HCW) especially Nurses. They continue to experience unprecedented challenges in their day-to-day life. Major Challenges faced by the nurses: Increased risk of infection among nurses: Many reports from across the...
Topics: Challenges, Healthcare Professionals (Nurses), Covid-19 Pandemic
Introduction: The fast-growing Covid-19 pandemic has emerged as a major health crisis worldwide and poses more challenges for nurses and other health care professionals as well as nursing students. This paper lists some of the major challenges faced by the health care workers (HCW) especially Nurses. They continue to experience unprecedented challenges in their day-to-day life. Major Challenges faced by the nurses: Increased risk of infection among nurses: Many reports from across the...
Topics: Challenges, Healthcare Professionals (Nurses), Covid-19 Pandemic
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The corona virus infectious disease or Covid-19 pandemic has been causing unprecedented loss of lives and livelihoods across the globe. This is the third time a Beta coronavirus has crossed the animal- human species barrier in the last 20 years resulting in a major zoonotic outbreak [1]. The first was in 2002, when the SARS CoV-1 virus caused an outbreak in China and second was in 2012 with the MERS CoV causing an outbreak in the Middle East. The SARS CoV-1 originated from bats and the MERS CoV...
Topics: One Health Approach, Pandemic, complex challenges
Background: Cardiac catheterization (CC) is the inserting of a thin, hollow catheter into a chamber or vessel; it is done for diagnostic and intervention purposes. Death charges from coronary heart disease have decreased in recent decennium, however, coronary heart disease is still a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide especially in developed countries. Coronary heart disease refers to different conditions of failing circulation of the heart and includes myocardial...
Topics: patients’ Knowledge, cardiac catheterization, pre and post cardiac catheterization, Slemani City,...
Background: One of the commonest complications of poorly controlled Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is Diabetic nephropathy (DN), which occurs in 30-40% of DM cases. It is important to identify the high-risk group who are likely to develop DN with the modifiable and non-modifiable risk factors. This study had the objectives to estimate and correlate the levels of the urine albumin creatinine ratio (UACR) with age, anthropometric measures, glycaemic control markers, lipids, and renal...
Topics: diabetic nephropathy, risk factors, diabetic kidney disease, Asian Indian
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has created a wide range of crises affecting many nations, resulting in adverse health consequences. The implementation of the lock down upended the lifestyle of mostly all people and was associated with disturbed sleep. Our study is to estimate the variation of the sleep-wake cycle during lockdown and after lock down among people of age 15-60 and its impact on Psychological wellbeing. Materials and Methods: We have done a cross-sectional and...
Topics: lockdown, sleep-wake cycle, psychological wellbeing, age difference, gender difference
Background: Blood transfusion is one of the major concerns following Total Knee Arthroplasty. We assessed the incidence rate of blood transfusion (packed red cells) in our geographical group based on age, gender, preoperative Haemoglobin and following both unilateral and bilateral primary TKA done either in single-stage or sequentially after a week. Materials and Methods: This was a retrospective observational study that included 200 patients who underwent primary TKA unilateral,...
Topics: total knee arthroplasty, blood transfusion, preoperative Hgb
Background: Over recent years, there are lots of advancements in providing adequate postoperative analgesia for paediatric patients who are undergoing infra-umbilical surgeries. Of which, the caudal block is a type of neuraxial block that is simple, easy to administer with more reliability, thus providing a veryeffective pain–free period. This study aimed to compare the efficacy of Ropivacaine with dexmedetomidine and dexamethasone in pediatric circumcision surgeries. Materials and ...
Topics: Caudal, Analgesia, Postoperative, Ropivacaine, Dexamethasone, Dexmedetomidine
Introduction: The World Health Organization (WHO) marked the celebration of world health day on the 7 th of April this year with the theme, “building a fairer, healthier world for everyone”. [1] The theme brings to the forefront some very pertinent issues especially in regard to the current covid 19 pandemic situation the world is struggling with. The current Covid 19 pandemic has magnified the stark inequalities in our world. Some people are able to live healthier lives and have better...
Topics: Medical, WHO, World Health Day
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